Cendrars, Blaise
1887 - 1961

The Swiss-French author Blaise Cendrars was born as Frédéric-Louis Sauser in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Neuchâtel, Switzerland. His f...

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Kehlmann, Daniel
1975 -

The German/Austrian novelist, essayist and critic Daniel Kehlmann was born in Munich. His mother was the German actress...

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Collins, Max Allan
1948 -

A very productive American multitasker, known primarily as a crime author, born in Muscatine in Iowa. With the exception of...

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Montesquieu, Charles-Louis de Secondat
1689 - 1755

French man of letters and political philosopher; after Voltaire the most important cultural influence in France and in...

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